. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. Sculpture Society, the Architectural League of New Yorkand the National Institute of Arts and Letters and an uistructor in model-ing at the school of tlu>National Academy of De-sign in New York. Mr. Roths family origin-ated in the small town ofRoth in Bavaria. His fa-thers ancestry can hetraced back to the Twelfthcentury, mostly clergymenfigurmg in it. His mothersfather was a Scotch design-er who made his home iuLe
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. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. Sculpture Society, the Architectural League of New Yorkand the National Institute of Arts and Letters and an uistructor in model-ing at the school of tlu>National Academy of De-sign in New York. Mr. Roths family origin-ated in the small town ofRoth in Bavaria. His fa-thers ancestry can hetraced back to the Twelfthcentury, mostly clergymenfigurmg in it. His mothersfather was a Scotch design-er who made his home iuLeeds, England, and to himRoth owes his artistic in-heritance. Johannes Roth, his father, was a cottonbroker in New York, wholater conducted his businessin Bremen, Germany, whereRoth received his schoolingand later was apprenticedm his fathers oflBce. Aftermany years of misdirectedefforts, he was permitted to follow his talents call and started his studiesin 1893 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Upon its termina-tion in 1S96 he entered the Academy of Fme Arts in Berlin for a numberof years and traveled in pjurope until he came to New York where he openeda studio.. W. PARKER RUNYON—Perth Amboy, New Brunswick, on December 3, l.SGl. -Ship Owner. Born at W. Parker Runyou set out at the start to be a physician, l>ut eyes*that were none too strong dissuaded him and he became a business man in-stead. The earliest of his brauch noted in American annals was VincentRunyon (Rognion) who, settlmg in East Jersey, was of French Huguenotextraction. Mr. Rmiyon was educated in the public schools and at RutgersPreparatory School. When ready for business he became identified withnavigation activities. For two generations his fore-bears had ownedand operated the ship yards at New Brunswick. The business done atthem was chiefly that which the Delaware and Raritan Canal provided. Itdeveloped into proportions that made the organization of a stock companyto operate it advisable and. when